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Mackay DGC reviews
10
0
Celt
Experience:
15 played
7 reviews
Great to have new course in underserved area! 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 28, 2020
Played the course:once
Other Thoughts:
Course: Mackay Municipal DGC/Custer County Fairgrounds (NEW Tee Boxes since opened)
Perspective: Intermediate level, Master's 60+ player with low to intermediate arm strength.
Course Details/Info:
-- Recently developed 9-hole course that plays between the Custer County Fairgrounds and Municipal Ball-Golf course
-- Coming north on Hwy 93, I turned left/west on Capitol Ave and went about 6 (short) blocks to the DGC which is situated between the City Golf course on your left and the Custer Cty Fairgrounds on your right
-- the first tee is directly in front of you (as you pass the City Golf course entrance to your left) near a kiosk
Challenges/Pros:
-- since initial opening, they have installed new tee boxes filled with an interesting compacted, very coarse grey sand material that provides better footing
-- signage is good and they have 2 pin options for each hole which improves variety on the course (one hole would change from around 300' to 500', for example)
-- there are mature trees and large clumped bushes that make more precise throws necessary on some holes. Some areas are a bit overgrown so watch your discs carefully
-- everywhere you look there are incredible mountain vistas including the Lost River range with Mt. Borah and Leatherman Peak to the east
-- good mixture of backhand and forehand holes with short and long fairways
Opportunities for Improvement:
-- some areas are overgrown enough that some shrub trimming, etc would help
-- the pins are more like my lightweight practice basket than heavyweight ones like Discatchers so a putt may slip through the chains
Summary of Rating/Play:
-- a solid start to a promising course and kudos to the improved tee boxes
-- good course for beginners and intermediate players
-- great addition to this area in Idaho and other cities would be wise to consider these additions. Keep in mind I drove here specifically to play this course and will buy lunch/gas here.
-- I would classify this as a 2.5 grade course but with a bit of trimming it is a 3
Perspective: Intermediate level, Master's 60+ player with low to intermediate arm strength.
Course Details/Info:
-- Recently developed 9-hole course that plays between the Custer County Fairgrounds and Municipal Ball-Golf course
-- Coming north on Hwy 93, I turned left/west on Capitol Ave and went about 6 (short) blocks to the DGC which is situated between the City Golf course on your left and the Custer Cty Fairgrounds on your right
-- the first tee is directly in front of you (as you pass the City Golf course entrance to your left) near a kiosk
Challenges/Pros:
-- since initial opening, they have installed new tee boxes filled with an interesting compacted, very coarse grey sand material that provides better footing
-- signage is good and they have 2 pin options for each hole which improves variety on the course (one hole would change from around 300' to 500', for example)
-- there are mature trees and large clumped bushes that make more precise throws necessary on some holes. Some areas are a bit overgrown so watch your discs carefully
-- everywhere you look there are incredible mountain vistas including the Lost River range with Mt. Borah and Leatherman Peak to the east
-- good mixture of backhand and forehand holes with short and long fairways
Opportunities for Improvement:
-- some areas are overgrown enough that some shrub trimming, etc would help
-- the pins are more like my lightweight practice basket than heavyweight ones like Discatchers so a putt may slip through the chains
Summary of Rating/Play:
-- a solid start to a promising course and kudos to the improved tee boxes
-- good course for beginners and intermediate players
-- great addition to this area in Idaho and other cities would be wise to consider these additions. Keep in mind I drove here specifically to play this course and will buy lunch/gas here.
-- I would classify this as a 2.5 grade course but with a bit of trimming it is a 3
4
0
Vintage Folfer
Experience:
45.7 years
98 played
7 reviews
Fun course! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 28, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Creative use of the space. Good variety of distances, a couple long ones, nothing too short. Yellow baskets with flags are easy to spot. Good sturdy tee signs with everything you need: hole number, par, distance and map.
Cons:
Completely flat, but can't help that. No numbers on the baskets. Actually threw to the wrong basket on 4 of the 9 holes! I mentioned this to a local who's involved with the course so hopefully they'll add numbers. The little flags are nice but just show the hole's sponsor, no number. Maybe if I'd studied the maps on the tee signs more closely I would have been ok, but they also show alternate pin locations so still confusing on my first round.
Other Thoughts:
Brand new course. The terrain is mostly open fields of grass with scattered clumps of tall bushes and trees that are used well, often requiring you to throw over and around them in the fairways to seek baskets hidden amongst them. When I was there the grass was long and dry but well trampled, I could tell a lot of clearing had recently been done. The course would be unplayable if the rodeo's in town, but it wasn't so I had the place to myself.
